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Your questions, concerns and proposed solutions for improving our political system will inform WBEZ’s coverage leading up to the 2024 elections.

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By  Alex Keefe
   

It’s not enough to catalog the challenges facing American democracy.

Ahead of the 2024 elections, journalists at Chicago Public Media are digging into possible solutions for those problems. It’s part of the Democracy Solutions Project, a collaboration between WBEZ, the Chicago Sun-Times and the University of Chicago’s Center for Effective Government.

Your ideas about our nation’s biggest challenges – and possible solutions – will inform our coverage leading up to the 2024 elections. We’ll follow up later to tell you what we plan to do with your input. Please take the brief survey below!

Alex Keefe is WBEZ’s engagement editor. If you have questions or comments about the Democracy Solutions Project, send us an email at democracy@wbez.org.

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